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About half of Georgia's 64 state parks provide accommodations in cottages or lodges. Many of the small towns around the parks support upscale cabin resorts and campgrounds that have a few cabins for travelers looking for inexpensive accommodations. Cabin resorts typically have amenities that complement the activities in the parks.

Cabins and Cottages in State Parks

Georgia maintains cabins, cottages and group lodges in almost 30 parks. All have heat and air conditioning, equipped kitchens and one, two or three bedrooms. Some have screened porches or decks, wood-burning fireplaces and televisions. Guests need not bring linens, but the park doesn't supply paper products and firewood. Group lodges have dorm-style sleeping for up to 20 guests. Travelers in search of something a little different should consider the Burnham House at General Coffee State Park or the bunkhouses at Watson Mill Bridge State Park. The three-bedroom Burnham cabin was built in the 1800s and is furnished with period decor and a tree-shaded, rocking chair front porch.

Amicalola Falls State Park

Amicalola Falls, one of Georgia's most popular state parks, provides access to the southern end of the Appalachian Trail. Named for the 729-foot falls that tumble down a series of cliffs, the park features a lodge and nature center. Under the Hemlock, a campground near the entrance to the park, offers rustic cabins with a rudimentary kitchen, king-size bed and dining area. Forest Hills Resort, in nearby Dahlonega, rents rustic and luxury cabins on a 140-acre mountain property with a day spa, riding stables, a restaurant and fitness facility. Secluded luxury cottages have whirlpool tubs and wood-burning fireplaces.

Seminole State Park

Seminole State Park, in the southwestern corner of the state, provides access to 37,500-acre Seminole Lake, popular for fishing and boating. Nature trails wind through the park and a boardwalk gives guests a view of the wetlands. Trails End Resort & Marina in Donalsonville offers a variety of accommodations. One- and two-bedroom manufactured cabins set on small, wooded lots have decks with barbecues and open floor plans with full kitchens. The resort has a boat launch and marina and a dockside restaurant. A row of houseboats, also for rent, lines the waterfront at the resort

F. D. Roosevelt State Park

Site of President Roosevelt's Little White House at Warm Springs, F. D. Roosevelt State Park covers 9,049 acres with two lakes and a swimming pool built by the depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps. The 30 cabins at Mountain Top Inn & Resort stretch between Warm Springs and Pine Mountain. Each has at least a half-acre lot and one to five bedrooms. Cabins have full kitchens, porches and rock fireplaces. Located near Calloway Gardens, Pine Mountain Club offers upscale vacation cabins with up to eight bedrooms. The resort has swimming and canoeing, a miniature golf course and a lakeside gazebo.

Fort McAllister Historic Park

Fort McAllister, on the bank of the Ogeechee River south of Savannah, preserves a Confederate earthwork fort. The fortification survived seven attacks by ironclads and finally fell to General Sherman during the "March to the Sea." Savannah South KOA, a few miles away in Richmond Hill, offers Kamping Kabins on a 35-acre lake where ibis, blue herons and egrets gather in the trees each evening. The rustic one- and two-room cabins with covered front porches provide basic sleeping accommodations. Guests use the campground's modern bathhouses equipped with hot showers and dressing areas.

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